The Junos device does not have an Ansible agent installed

SFTP must be used to allow communication between the Ansible control server and the Junos device

An Ansible playbook is a set of tasks written in XML

Ansible modules are copied and executed on the Junos device

Software development cycles should be based on a quarterly time frame

Software development cycles should be scheduled on an annual time frame

After the development cycle has begun, new software requirements should not be added

After the development cycle has begun, new software requirements can be added at any point

REST API

Ansible

PyEZ

NETCONF

<lock>

<unlock>

<rpc>

<rpc-reply>

NETCONF is a standardized protocol and works with multiple vendors' devices

NETCONF operations are processed by the jsd process

NETCONF is a proprietary protocol and works only with Junos devices

NETCONF operations are processed by the mgd process